That's a shame, because it might have been interesting had you not started out by being deliberately provocative.

I find it ironic that those who recently claimed that I had no sense of humour in another thread should be the very ones who don’t have it in this thread.

The fact that I myself am English just makes it even more so.

Sadurian Mike wrote:

No, we never mention Agincourt or Crécy, or the Black Prince in the UK. Henry V and the whole "St Crispins day" speech is practically unknown.

More to the point, we hardly mention Joan of Arc and never talk about the Battle of Castillon. I wonder why.

Look. Againcourt and all the rest of that shit are measly isolated events in the War having no significant bearing whatsoever on the course of history. The work of Jean of Arc and the Battle of Castillon are events that truly altered the course of history in a signifcant way.

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Being English, or at least somebody who's not French, I am obliged to hate them by whatever means are legal in this country. Despite this Im 25% French genetically, and I do tire of putting so much effort into hating them sometimes :) But I cant see any significance to this thread, nobodies gonna feel any french pride XD

If you want to mock the English, use the song Flower of Scotland, cause the way its mocking us I find quite awesome :)

Note: Bring up my genetics into the wrong conversation and I assure you, that you shall regret it :)
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I found the majority of it quite boring, dwelling on technical governmental detail rather than battle tactics or leadership.
The reason for this it seems is because it was a series of small "wars" that was later coined the 100 years war by historians.

The only interesting information I really gained from this was information on the british longbow; how it required great training and strength to use in comparison to militia crossbows of the time, and through them superiority in battle could be gained. Through increased casualties and lack of troops trained in using the longbow, as well as advancements in armour, military tactics involving the longbow were no longer applicable.

Apparently the 100 years war was the first to involve a battle in which artillery fire helped determine the end result.